Message from the President

As the President of the IMU, I am very pleased to welcome you to our home on the Internet.

The IMU, founded in 1992, is Malaysia’s first private medical educational institution. The University enjoys an international reputation, and provides a high standard of education at the undergraduate level. English is used at the University as the medium of instruction.

The University has always placed a high value on its undergraduate studies. We have expanded our undergraduate programmes beyond medical, pharmacy and nursing programmes to dentistry and health sciences programmes.

We believe our courses to be progressive and innovative, and we strive to use best practice in their delivery and assessment. To keep in tandem with the introduction of these new programmes, the IMU has embarked on the expansion of its facilities at the Bukit Jalil campus. For many years we have upheld a proud record of funding for research, and we have established a solid reputation for research achievements in many different fields and across many different disciplines. This reputation has attracted talented teachers and students to the University, further enhancing the quality of our research. Research is important for teaching as teaching that is not grounded in research is not much better than mere speculation. IMU is very fortunate in that even as a private university, our research activities are strongly encouraged and generously funded. Researchers at IMU have had regular strategic planning sessions to identify areas for research emphasis for the last five years.

In addition, the University provides strong administrative support for students who are seeking financial assistance from various private and government sponsors. This is important to reflect IMU’s image as a caring university for our students as well. We also administer the IMU scholarships. Other financial assistance provided to our student body include participation in interuniversity co-curriculum activities, rental of sports facilities, facilitating hostel accommodation as well as counselling services for students.

Student life in IMU is not just about study. Our students form their own societies and clubs toorganise various co-curricular activities. These include sports clubs, cultural and language clubs,dance and music, photography and so on. We have newly renovated the student lounge at the Bukit Jalil campus for various indoor games and for relaxation. There is also a fully-equipped gymnasium and a dance studio with apt sound system for all students to use.

In line with our aim to develop caring healthcare professionals, the IMU students have been involvedin various community projects including the “Kampung Angkat” project to provide health education, health screening, and free tuition service to the orphanage, etc. Medicine, dentistry and health sciences programmes have always been interesting avenues to explore. There are many fascinating courses that open up attractive career paths. I would like to take this opportunity to advise students to carefully plan and learn more about a particular profession before they pursue any of these courses, in order to ensure a better future for themselves.

I encourage you to peruse our website and to visit it often. It will take you on a fascinating online journey through the vibrant and diverse university community that is the IMU.


YBhg Tan Sri Dato’ Dr Abu Bakar Suleiman
President
MDBS (Monash), MMed (S’pore), DMedSc (UKM), DSc (UPM), FRACP, FAMM, FAMS, FACP (Hon), FRCP, FRCPE, FRCP (Glasgow), FRCPI, FRCSI (Hon), FRCSE (Hon), FAFPM, FASc, AMP (Harvard)